mixed bag quiz#3
Posted by jamiamrit on October 4, 2007
(plz post d answers to amrit.cet@gmail.com and not as comments)
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Name the project developed by a Stanford Univ. graduate, during his free time given officially by his employer. The name is an old Turkish word, meaning “city of happiness, pleasure, joy, luck”.
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In a pack of playing cards, “A” (Ace) had the least value, whereas “K” the most valued. But, after the _______, “A” is considered to have more value than “K” (King), depicting that the common civilians are more powerful than the King.
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K , a company established in Nihonbashi after the Second World war, had its brand name as “Totsuko”. In Jan 1958, they chose a new brand name, because their customers of other nationalities were finding difficult to pronounce the brand name. This company is now called as ______
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This song is considered to be the one hit wonders of all time. Brazilian Air Force used this song in its advertisement in the second half of the ’80s, in the Brazilian TV network and was also played at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Identify the song.
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In 1892, two major electric companies, Edison General Electric Company and its business rival Thomson-Houston Electric company, merged to form the General Electric Company (GE). The merger was arranged by __________, a famous financier in US.
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Which business house has the tagline, “Let your fingers do the walking”?
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Which fictional fable hero is married to the Princess Badroulbadour?
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“You know my name” is a song by Chris Cornell is the Soundtrack for which 2006 based Hollywood flick?
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In spy jargon, who is a COBBLER?
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It had 780 episodes, been telecast in 60 countries has had raging reviews from the New Yorker. Women’’s libbers swear by it it reintroduced the fashion of arrow bindis and handloom sarees to Indian fashiondom. What?
